The Impact of Post-Retirement Social Relationship Changes on Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Loneliness and Moderating Role of Social Networks
The findings elucidate the association between post-retirement social relationship changes and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults, highlighting the roles of loneliness and social networks. It underscores that taking a rational view of retirement-related changes and maintaining and expanding social networks may reduce the effects of post-retirement social relationship changes on depressive symptoms.
Authors
- Shuangle Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-4447)
- Ge ZHANG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4694-5221)
Institutions
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychology Research and Behavior Management
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/prbm.s518452
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33
Funders
- Northeastern States Research Cooperative
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Renmin University of China